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paul ryan is who mitt romney wants to have people see him as. sort of the view that people in the conservative media world have of ryan, this sort of lionization they have, that's what mitt romney believes he is and that he sees, he would like that definition and if that's what it takes to sort of refocus the spotlight on him in a way, then it was to him worth the political cost. we'll see. >> chuck todd, who broke the story to report on this and all day and all night and all night and day again. thank you very much. and something else indeed. chris cillizza, thanks for joining us today. >>> meanwhile, the romney/ryan team has split up today. mitt romney campaigning in florida while paul ryan is flying solo in iowa at the state fair. he'll be sharing the political spotlight in iowa with the president, who kicks off a three-day iowa bus tour, unprecedented in council bluffs. nbc's ron mott is in des moines at the state fair. warn you against the deep fried butter but other than that, you're on your own. what do you think ryan's appeal is going to
paul ryan is who mitt romney wants to have people see him as. sort of the view that people in the conservative media world have of ryan, this sort of lionization they have, that's what mitt romney believes he is and that he sees, he would like that definition and if that's what it takes to sort of refocus the spotlight on him in a way, then it was to him worth the political cost. we'll see. >> chuck todd, who broke the story to report on this and all day and all night and all night and...
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and with both campaigns acknowledging that president obama is ahead, romney and ryan are still refusing to give any details about their tax plan. >> give me an example of a loophole you will close. >> i can tell you people at the high end, high income taxpayers will have fewer deductions and exemptions. those numbers will come down. >> right now say right now -- >> because we want to do this -- we want to this debate in the public. pe want to have this debate with congress. >> in chicago, teachers go on strike. hundreds of thousands of working families are caught with no place to send their kids. most of whom rely on schools for subsidized meals. >> this is totally unnecessary, it's avoidable and our kids do not deserve this. >> and can you hear me now? president obama struggles with an iphone at a florida phone bank. >> hold on, hold on. hold on. i can do this. i still have a blackberry. >> just 57 days to go until election day. president obama seems to have, according to gallup, at least been helped by his convention to open up a narrow lead over mitt romney. his first since july. rom
and with both campaigns acknowledging that president obama is ahead, romney and ryan are still refusing to give any details about their tax plan. >> give me an example of a loophole you will close. >> i can tell you people at the high end, high income taxpayers will have fewer deductions and exemptions. those numbers will come down. >> right now say right now -- >> because we want to do this -- we want to this debate in the public. pe want to have this debate with...
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people were shouting back at romney and at paul ryan. they were chanting "usa," really an incredible atmosphere, and you could see even the candidates sort of react to it. romney was tripping over words, things he says every day in his stump speech, and pacing around the stage, just a high-energy environment. the romney campaign knows they need to try to keep that up at least through the rest of this bus tour. >> and chuck todd, as part of the team that broke this story for us last night, in addition to just what garrett reported, that kind of excitement differential, what does this pick get mitt romney, and what doesn't it get him? >> well one thing i want to point is it's gotten him $2 million today alone just in fund-raising, but what it gets him is definition. mitt romney over the last six weeks had become a caricature, if you will, of the obama campaign simply trying to paint him as a rich guy who was out of touch with the middle class, who simply was somehow looking for more tax cuts for himself. well today was an opportunity and t
people were shouting back at romney and at paul ryan. they were chanting "usa," really an incredible atmosphere, and you could see even the candidates sort of react to it. romney was tripping over words, things he says every day in his stump speech, and pacing around the stage, just a high-energy environment. the romney campaign knows they need to try to keep that up at least through the rest of this bus tour. >> and chuck todd, as part of the team that broke this story for us...
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by picking paul ryan, mitt romney bypassed more moderate republican candidates. in the end deciding to go with a man who will help him fire up the republican base and also will help him draw a clear contrast with the president over key issues in this election, like taxes and spending. with the retired bathleship "uss wisconsin" as the backdrop, mitt romney introduces one of the biggest guns in the conseverive movement, paul ryan. >> understands the fiscal challenges facing america, our exploding deficits and crushing debt and the fiscal catastrophe that awaits us if we don't change course. >> reporter: analysts say romney's selection is both bold and potentially risky. >> the commitment mitt romney and i make to you is this. we won't duck the tough issues. we will lead. >> reporter: as chairman of the house budget committee, ryan designed a politically polarizing budget plan, slashing trillions in federal spending including cuts to programs like medicare. >> we can turn this thing around. real solutions can be delivered, butt will take leadership. >> reporter: in
by picking paul ryan, mitt romney bypassed more moderate republican candidates. in the end deciding to go with a man who will help him fire up the republican base and also will help him draw a clear contrast with the president over key issues in this election, like taxes and spending. with the retired bathleship "uss wisconsin" as the backdrop, mitt romney introduces one of the biggest guns in the conseverive movement, paul ryan. >> understands the fiscal challenges facing...
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jay rosen, nyu or other one saying hey, press, get tough on the republicans, hash tag romney ryan. >> why didn't romney mention the fact we have 48,000 troops in a war right now and acknowledged, and bill crystal couldn't believe what was lack. >> for every bill kristol, and they'll be-- >> and accusing the republican national committee of race baiting and the l.a. times had a headline, republican national convention puts a brown face on a white party. is this race baiting by the media? >> i was struck by the coverage of nbc, and m. snbc, how unabashedly biased it was. has a point of view and clearly came out on the coverage whether it was tom brokaw speaking about backward looking speech, about a man who is less inclusive than his father, to saying things that made joe scarboro and miss brasinski uncomfortable on morning joe. >> and got the opinions through. >>, but they're supposed to have straight coverage of a convention, hard to find that on nbc. >> and david challion, the former, now former head of yahoo! news, washington bureau, who was overheard on an abc webcast saying the ro
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romney and mr. ryan are came pa campaigning for women's votes by saying women need their help. okay. this is coming from two men who are micommitted to ending insurance coverage for birth control, who would turn women's health care decisions over to our bosses. as my grandmother back in texas would have said, any more help from mitt romney and i'm going to have to take in ironing. >> that was planned parenthood president cecile richards. last night democrats came to the convention with a clear message. the republican party will turn back the rights of women from equal pay to reproductive health. they painted a dark picture of what a romney administration would do. and a fiery speech, sandra fluke, the woman shut out of a congressional hearing on contraception, told the audience that the choice is clear. >> during this campaign, we've heard about two profoundly different futures that could await women in this country. and how one of those futures looks like an offensive, obsolete relic of our past. warnings of that future are not distractions. they are not imagined. that future
romney and mr. ryan are came pa campaigning for women's votes by saying women need their help. okay. this is coming from two men who are micommitted to ending insurance coverage for birth control, who would turn women's health care decisions over to our bosses. as my grandmother back in texas would have said, any more help from mitt romney and i'm going to have to take in ironing. >> that was planned parenthood president cecile richards. last night democrats came to the convention with a...
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the romney/ryan team have the momentum. the question is does momentum overtake the map or the map suffocate the momentum? that's going to be the next couple of weeks be here that are in play right now. this thing is close. the president is behind. he is behind. that's why you have chicago concerned about reinforcing those firewalls, the president on the plane the way he is. this thing is going to boil down to hard ground games. >> let me say something about the lead. whether or not he is up or down, we know the thing is really close. jonathan writing in "new york" magazine obama's lead is narrow, he says it's a lead. he is leading and his lead not declining and the perception that romney is pulling ahead ed years. i actually heather what did you think of that? because on one hand i thought that's good because everybody's been saying you got to put some vision out there. do you think that's an effective tool. >> i think it's great. i hope that people get to read it. this is something we did when i was on the edwards campaign
the romney/ryan team have the momentum. the question is does momentum overtake the map or the map suffocate the momentum? that's going to be the next couple of weeks be here that are in play right now. this thing is close. the president is behind. he is behind. that's why you have chicago concerned about reinforcing those firewalls, the president on the plane the way he is. this thing is going to boil down to hard ground games. >> let me say something about the lead. whether or not he is...
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we'll discuss romney, ryan and religion next. the capital one cash rewards card gives you a 50% annual bonus. and everyone, but her... likes 50% more cash. but, i have an idea. do you want a princess dress? yes how about some cupcakes? yes lollipop? yes! do you want an etch a sketch? yes! do you want 50% more cash? no you got talent. [ male announcer ] the capital one cash rewards card. with a 50% annual cash bonus it's the card for people who like more cash. what's in your wallet? i usually...
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to understand what romney's going to do, look at ryan. ryan is really in charge. conservatives envision romney as a kind of ceremonial head of state who might direct foreign policy but in the domestic arena, he will do what ryan wants. ryan is not a deal maker. ryan's not a compromiser. ryan has a maximalist vision and strategy that he's been pursuing consistently since he basically gained control of the house republican caucus at the beginning of 2010. he's been very diligently and effectively subverting any bipartisan agreement to deal with the deficit over the long term, in the hopes they can win the election, have a majority in both houses and use it to push through his plan pretty much unchanged. >> ezra, i want to ask, in terms of the obama campaign and the medicare question, how to sort of best sell the fork in the road to the american public. the "wall street journal" on the editorial page writes our advice is that mitt romney go on offense on medicare. he could hit mr. obama with ads in florida and elsewhere for his $716 billion in medicare cuts and his p
to understand what romney's going to do, look at ryan. ryan is really in charge. conservatives envision romney as a kind of ceremonial head of state who might direct foreign policy but in the domestic arena, he will do what ryan wants. ryan is not a deal maker. ryan's not a compromiser. ryan has a maximalist vision and strategy that he's been pursuing consistently since he basically gained control of the house republican caucus at the beginning of 2010. he's been very diligently and effectively...
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he did the bold thing picking paul ryan. that throws medicare into serious question. >> and so after all of this, we still see an electoral vote of potentially 237-191 which we consider pretty solid as the base for both sides. 110 up for grabs. we look at the same nine swing states. north carolina, iowa, florida, colorado, virginia, nevada, ohio, wisconsin, and new hampshire. then you drill down on the polling and we show just how important medicare is now going to be. especially in florida, ohio, and some of these other states where there are large numbers of senior citizens. >> iowa has large numbers of senior citizens, pennsylvania has large numbers of senior citizens. but as our old friend used to say, florida, florida, florida. that's going to be fascinating. the other -- the flip side of the coin, though, for governor romney, is that voters trust him more on the economy. and they disapprove of the president's performance on the economy. and that is, has always been, will continue to be, i think, in terms of voters' min
he did the bold thing picking paul ryan. that throws medicare into serious question. >> and so after all of this, we still see an electoral vote of potentially 237-191 which we consider pretty solid as the base for both sides. 110 up for grabs. we look at the same nine swing states. north carolina, iowa, florida, colorado, virginia, nevada, ohio, wisconsin, and new hampshire. then you drill down on the polling and we show just how important medicare is now going to be. especially in...
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he knew he was going to own romney-ryan. you spent a lot of time with paul ryan personally and covering him. is he ready for the crush? >> well, i think he is. you know, one of the factors you look for here, we have a tendency when news break like this, to think it's going to be all about paul ryan. it's really not. still going to be all about mitt romney. but you talk about, what do you want a vice president to be able to do? energize the base you have here with paul ryan. can he give a tough speech? can he go after president obama? you bet he can. maybe a lot of people forget, paul ryan was the one who took on president obama in the initial meetings that the president had with house republicans even before they took over in 2010. so he's been an outspoken critic of the president. he can go out there on the stump and excite the base and raise money and really take a tough message and a tough critique to president obama. beyond that, the crush, i think is always an adjustment. but he's pretty weathered now to being a target,
he knew he was going to own romney-ryan. you spent a lot of time with paul ryan personally and covering him. is he ready for the crush? >> well, i think he is. you know, one of the factors you look for here, we have a tendency when news break like this, to think it's going to be all about paul ryan. it's really not. still going to be all about mitt romney. but you talk about, what do you want a vice president to be able to do? energize the base you have here with paul ryan. can he give a...
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governor romney and paul ryan go hunting for independents later in pennsylvania. and you came through. ♪ ♪ ♪ take my hand, we'll make it i swear ♪ ♪ living on a prayer >> we learn today that viewers donated nearly $23 million for sandy victims. ♪ under the boardwalk ♪ down by the sea yeah ♪ on a blanket with my baby ♪ is where i'll be >>> good day, i'm andrea mitchell, live at nbc's democracy plaza here in new york where we're going to bring you nonstop coverage of decision 2012. with only two days to go before the election, we have the latest results from the final nbc news/"wall street journal" poll. object the east coast, election officials racing against the clock to get polling locations up and running despite the storm. while storm-ravaged communities are still waiting for power to come on. and debris to be cleared. >>> 30 to 40,000 people here in new york city alone remain without power in their homes in sandy's wake. at a briefing this morning, new york city's mayor, michael bloomberg, warned that election officials are facing tough obsta
governor romney and paul ryan go hunting for independents later in pennsylvania. and you came through. ♪ ♪ ♪ take my hand, we'll make it i swear ♪ ♪ living on a prayer >> we learn today that viewers donated nearly $23 million for sandy victims. ♪ under the boardwalk ♪ down by the sea yeah ♪ on a blanket with my baby ♪ is where i'll be >>> good day, i'm andrea mitchell, live at nbc's democracy plaza here in new york where we're going to bring you nonstop coverage...
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alex, you've seen ryan advocate for romney. give us a sense of what is the ryan pitch for mitt romney? now he's got to do it a lot. oh, and i'm told we lost alex. >> she's probably knocking on his door again. >> look, she's not messing around. we've got to make sure that if she's looking one way, paul ryan might be sneaking out of the house and trying to get to the airport without us noticing. let me go to kelly o'donnell because she's seen romney be a romney advocate and sometimes a romney critic wanting more -- frankly, romney wanted more people defending his plan. is that fair to say? >> absolutely. and i think part of what you hear paul ryan talk about when he pitches for mitt romney is that the specifics will matter and that the ceo mind set of mitt romney, the way he has approached his work as governor or when he was serving the olympics in 2002 to come in and work on that and turn it around is the sort of turn around mind set, look at the numbers, don't ignore the fact that there is a fiscal cliff. that's part of what pa
alex, you've seen ryan advocate for romney. give us a sense of what is the ryan pitch for mitt romney? now he's got to do it a lot. oh, and i'm told we lost alex. >> she's probably knocking on his door again. >> look, she's not messing around. we've got to make sure that if she's looking one way, paul ryan might be sneaking out of the house and trying to get to the airport without us noticing. let me go to kelly o'donnell because she's seen romney be a romney advocate and sometimes...
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the ryan/romney ticket will double down on trickle down. that's what got us into the mess in the first place. i appreciated his stress on deregulating the financial markets again. all of that, in my opinion, was very abusive, and i enjoy and appreciate president obama's clarity that wall street has to play by the same rules as main street. i'm a lifelong democrat. i come from generations of democrats. we believe it's about growing the middle class from the inside out and allowing poor people the safety net so that they can work their way into our economy. and that doesn't happen with tax cuts for the rich. >> ashley judd, good luck on your political career. we know about your success in the world of theater. congratulations on your emmy nomination. good luck on that. >> thank you. the day before i'm going to an amazing conference on the brewing crisis with one of my mentors. so it will be a nice balance. it will be a typical a.j. weekend. >> that's terrific. thank you. >> thank you so much, andrea. pleasure. >> and what political story will
the ryan/romney ticket will double down on trickle down. that's what got us into the mess in the first place. i appreciated his stress on deregulating the financial markets again. all of that, in my opinion, was very abusive, and i enjoy and appreciate president obama's clarity that wall street has to play by the same rules as main street. i'm a lifelong democrat. i come from generations of democrats. we believe it's about growing the middle class from the inside out and allowing poor people...
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. >> okay, ryan-romney ticket. i can live with that. i don't think ann romney was enthusiastic. chris, what do you think? >> this pick, there are risks with this pick with the older voterss and ryan budget as relate to medicare and social security. they are undoubtedly true. but you are talking about with karl. mitt romney needed to the trajectory of the lace. i am sure mitt romney made the choice before the polls were out and i am sure today's choice and i suspect mitt romney is the kind of guy who will tell you what he will have for breakfast three we thinks from now. it was set. he needed in his pick to change the trojectory about the race and all about him personally and democrats calling hem a vampire and letting a woman die of cancer . now romney is daring obama to have a fight on policy and that could shift the narrative of the election. >> you know, bill, you are one of two people and steven hayes called for romney to go for the gold in his pick. pick paul ryan or marko rubio. what do you think of the choice of ryan. >> i am obviously thrilled about it. and they e-mailed
. >> okay, ryan-romney ticket. i can live with that. i don't think ann romney was enthusiastic. chris, what do you think? >> this pick, there are risks with this pick with the older voterss and ryan budget as relate to medicare and social security. they are undoubtedly true. but you are talking about with karl. mitt romney needed to the trajectory of the lace. i am sure mitt romney made the choice before the polls were out and i am sure today's choice and i suspect mitt romney is...
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we'll talk further in to the romney and/or ryan plan. number two, example number two, nbc journalist andrea mitchell opining on the female vote and paul ryan. >> i think you are going to see they are decided difficult correction. this is not a pick for a suburban mom. this is not a pick for that. >> eric: kimberly, you're a mom. soccer mom. your thoughts? >> kimberly: andrea, you better get out a little bit more. the soccer moms that i was hanging out with over the weekend had a lot of enthusiasm about it. i don't know who you are hanging with. expand your crew. >> bob: is there soccer there? >> kimberly: yes. we have soccer and grass. >> eric: main stream media, straight journalists pointing out how the female vote is going -- >> bob: there are a lot of ways, not getting in the policy but a lot of ways to turn ryan and his positions in a threat to su sur been a women -- suburban women. a lot of constituencies that we'll go after that paul ryan represents. >> dana: i think they are wrong. if you look at the tea party vote in 2010, a lot
we'll talk further in to the romney and/or ryan plan. number two, example number two, nbc journalist andrea mitchell opining on the female vote and paul ryan. >> i think you are going to see they are decided difficult correction. this is not a pick for a suburban mom. this is not a pick for that. >> eric: kimberly, you're a mom. soccer mom. your thoughts? >> kimberly: andrea, you better get out a little bit more. the soccer moms that i was hanging out with over the weekend had...
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on the romney/ryan plan no matter what. having paul ryan on the ticket may well make it easier to defend the plan convincingly. now immediately after choosing ryan, romney started distancing himself at least a touch from the house budget chair's policy. >> i have my budget plan as you know that i've put out, and that's the budget plan that we're going to run on. >> okay. he has his budget plan but a day later, governor romney suggested he didn't actually know whether he agreed or disagreed with the signature budget proposal written by his new running mate. >> i'm sure there are places that my budget is different than his. we haven't gone through piece by piece and said here's a place where there's a difference, i can't imagine any two people even in the same party who have exactly the same positions on all issues. >> okay. they hadn't gone through every detail. then apparently they did, because yesterday, romney arrived at where members of that conservative base we mentioned always wanted him to be. >> actually, paul ryan a
on the romney/ryan plan no matter what. having paul ryan on the ticket may well make it easier to defend the plan convincingly. now immediately after choosing ryan, romney started distancing himself at least a touch from the house budget chair's policy. >> i have my budget plan as you know that i've put out, and that's the budget plan that we're going to run on. >> okay. he has his budget plan but a day later, governor romney suggested he didn't actually know whether he agreed or...
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the country and for romney, paul ryan may be that man. let me bring in andrea mitchell. andrea, setting it up, who knows if people are staying awake, or just coming home from dinner, but as we know, in eight hours, we'll officially have the republican ticket, romney-ryan. it's something of a ticket that i've heard democrats talk about for six months. explain. >> democrats think this is an opportunity for them, because they've been trying to demonize the ryan budget. this is their view of everything that's bad about the house republican caucus -- the ryan budget, the deep budget cuts, very controversial, very painful. and of course, if you talk to paul ryan and his caucus, they would say this is the budget that would bring america back and begin to spark economic growth. if you talk to most any democrats, it's exactly the opposite, painful, painful budget cuts. so this is the divide and now we'll have an election that will clearly be fought on this issue. i think you'd have to call it a game-change choice because it's clear that mitt romne
the country and for romney, paul ryan may be that man. let me bring in andrea mitchell. andrea, setting it up, who knows if people are staying awake, or just coming home from dinner, but as we know, in eight hours, we'll officially have the republican ticket, romney-ryan. it's something of a ticket that i've heard democrats talk about for six months. explain. >> democrats think this is an opportunity for them, because they've been trying to demonize the ryan budget. this is their view of...
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sign a bill that is somewhere between what romney's campaigned on and the ryan plan, and the ryan/romney tax reform plan. so yeah, he'll sign a bill that will be somewhere between what ryan had put together and what he's talked about in the campaign. >> then why is there this sort of maybe it's political kabuki theater, this sort of veiled references to the ryan budget plan thus far. in the last appearance that we saw paul ryan, i will play the sound, he was on fox last week being asked about specifics and sort of stumbled. let's hear that sound. >> only president obama raids $716 billion from the medicare program. he cut $716 from the medicare program to pay for obama care. we don't do that. >> you say how much? >> the point -- i joined the romney ticket and what mitt romney is proposing to do is repeal all of obama care. >> thus far, paul ryan has been very forthright in his plans and this was one of the first times we had seen him sort of stepping on his own words and trying to not get specific. >> well, the ryan plan, unlike when obama ran for president, we talked about hope and chan
sign a bill that is somewhere between what romney's campaigned on and the ryan plan, and the ryan/romney tax reform plan. so yeah, he'll sign a bill that will be somewhere between what ryan had put together and what he's talked about in the campaign. >> then why is there this sort of maybe it's political kabuki theater, this sort of veiled references to the ryan budget plan thus far. in the last appearance that we saw paul ryan, i will play the sound, he was on fox last week being asked...
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romney is now saying his plan and paul ryan's are near identical. we'll dig into what that means. >>> plus another battle brewing in arizona. governor jan brewer's latest stand against the obama administration. >>> president obama and mitt romney both claiming that they can save medcare and accusing each of thor of destroying medicare, but is this politically charged debate so full of hype and half truths that it makes it impossible to ever solve the real problems? david walker is former u.s. controller general, now ceo of the comeback america initiative focusing on fiscal responsibility and entitlement reform. david, welcome. thanks so much. well, you've heard a lot of the debate. you saw the whiteboard today with mitt romney accusing the president of medicare cuts. barbara comstock was here from the campaign saying that president obama would cut current recipients with the $716 billion in cuts, while wyden/ryan, she says, would preserve what is available for current recipients. what say you? >> well, as a former trustee of medicare and social secu
romney is now saying his plan and paul ryan's are near identical. we'll dig into what that means. >>> plus another battle brewing in arizona. governor jan brewer's latest stand against the obama administration. >>> president obama and mitt romney both claiming that they can save medcare and accusing each of thor of destroying medicare, but is this politically charged debate so full of hype and half truths that it makes it impossible to ever solve the real problems? david...
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ryan may have been a smart pick for romney despite his policy positions, not because of they'll. which is to say, he's been pretty good on the stump, in terms of ginning up enthusiasm. the policy stuff may have been his achille's heel and the campaign stuff a bonus. >> ginning up enthusiasm among republicans, probably -- i don't see where the enthusiasm is for him among independents in the body politic overall. i mean the policy positions he's taken, you know, god love him, at least there's someone in washington who is going to put really hard, specific policy prescriptions on the table, the problem, though, is that they're incredibly unpopular. we've gone from the road map for america's future foote of prosperity to the house budget that the budget that the house passed that they're now all running away from because they now know that the american people don't like the policy prescriptions are there. ryan is young, in great shape, very smart. but when people talk about the specifics and what his vision is, they're not going to like it and that's why tonight is fascinating becaus
ryan may have been a smart pick for romney despite his policy positions, not because of they'll. which is to say, he's been pretty good on the stump, in terms of ginning up enthusiasm. the policy stuff may have been his achille's heel and the campaign stuff a bonus. >> ginning up enthusiasm among republicans, probably -- i don't see where the enthusiasm is for him among independents in the body politic overall. i mean the policy positions he's taken, you know, god love him, at least...
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this is the chance for obama/biden to make their case against romney/ryan. to ask americans for their vote again. tonight we'll see the keynote, and then hear from first lady michelle obama. and with that ahead of us, let's go to our political team here in charlotte. four white house correspondents, current and former, beginning with our chief white house correspondent, chuck todd down on the floor of the north carolina delegation. chuck, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. if the republican convention was all about trying to present mitt romney's softer side, the democratic convention has a different goal for the president. shoring up key parts of his voting coalition. tonight the target, hispanics and women. as workers inside the hall put finishing touches on the convention stage, democrats prepare to appeal to two key constituencies, women and hispanics, that favor the president but lack the enthusiasm they had for him four years ago. leading the charge on women, michelle obama. >> are you ready for this? >> reporter: in all, five of the prime
this is the chance for obama/biden to make their case against romney/ryan. to ask americans for their vote again. tonight we'll see the keynote, and then hear from first lady michelle obama. and with that ahead of us, let's go to our political team here in charlotte. four white house correspondents, current and former, beginning with our chief white house correspondent, chuck todd down on the floor of the north carolina delegation. chuck, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. if...
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romney/ryan. romney/ryan. romney/ryan, there we go. that's great. thank you. >> the already weird interpersonal dynamics on the republican ticket reached a poible dezooe knit of awkwaressterys rn romney campaigned with his running mate. as with all complex relationships it wasn't always like this. square jauds and earn had nest as a 1950's sitcom star he sounded ke a lost member of the romney tribe. re reminding people who is the campaign pate tree yashg. >> i'm putting it back into medicare and i'm the guy running for president, not him. >> ryan doesn't always seem to get the message. in days he's been reportedly acting like a rebellious teageroingk t hld ways and giving power point presentations at campaign rallies. >> we can't keep spending money we don't have. today our federal government for every dollar it spends it borrows cents on that dollar. ouy at the top there,ks ar our debt is going to be 2.5 times the size of our economy. >> according to the former political director of the iowa republican party, ryan may have no choice, quote, i hate
romney/ryan. romney/ryan. romney/ryan, there we go. that's great. thank you. >> the already weird interpersonal dynamics on the republican ticket reached a poible dezooe knit of awkwaressterys rn romney campaigned with his running mate. as with all complex relationships it wasn't always like this. square jauds and earn had nest as a 1950's sitcom star he sounded ke a lost member of the romney tribe. re reminding people who is the campaign pate tree yashg. >> i'm putting it back into...
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a vision for the country and for romney, paul ryan may be that man. let me bring in andrea mitchell. andrea, we are setting it up, who knows if people are staying awayerjuction waking up or just coming home from dinner going, oh, well, today is the day. but as we know in eight hours, we will officially have the republican ticket. romney/ryan, it is something of a ticket that i have heard democrats talk about for six months. explain. >> well, democrats think that this is an opportunity for them because they have been trying to demonize the ryan budget. this is their view of everything that's bad about the house republican caucus is the ryan budget, the deep budget cuts. they are very controversial. they are very painful. of course, if you talk to paul ryan and his caucus, they would say that this is the budget that would bring america back and begin to spark economic growth. if you talk to most, any democrats, it's exactly the opposite. these are painful, painful budget cuts. so this is the divide. and now we are going to have an election that is clear
a vision for the country and for romney, paul ryan may be that man. let me bring in andrea mitchell. andrea, we are setting it up, who knows if people are staying awayerjuction waking up or just coming home from dinner going, oh, well, today is the day. but as we know in eight hours, we will officially have the republican ticket. romney/ryan, it is something of a ticket that i have heard democrats talk about for six months. explain. >> well, democrats think that this is an opportunity for...
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well, romney did it for him by picking ryan. there are a lot of republican strategist this morning who have clients, are helping clients to try to get re-elected in house races and senate races who are very nervous this morning. they're the one group of folks not very happy. they've been trying to come up with ways to distance themselves from the ryan budget. i look at two senate races, i would think and point a lot of folks to go watch the senate races over the last couple of weeks. there's sort of the petri dish on medicare. there have been ads running against the ryan plan. heidi hide camp is basically is in the game because she's been hammering her republican opponent who is also a sitting house member rick burg for voting for the ryan plan. and she's in the game in a so-called red state simply because of one issue, medicare. that's the other aspect of this pick is that it gives some clarity to the debate but it gives charity all the way down the ballot. this is one of those rare occasions that what the house candidates are
well, romney did it for him by picking ryan. there are a lot of republican strategist this morning who have clients, are helping clients to try to get re-elected in house races and senate races who are very nervous this morning. they're the one group of folks not very happy. they've been trying to come up with ways to distance themselves from the ryan budget. i look at two senate races, i would think and point a lot of folks to go watch the senate races over the last couple of weeks. there's...
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congressman ryan did a great job in explaining governor romney's position on those. i also think that -- >> go ahead. >> avoided mistakes and the vice president didn't. his statements on benghazi as you've been covering andrea, are going to be an ongoing problem for the administration. they really just enhanced the contradictions in the administration's policy. >> there were other issues for paul ryan, though, when it came to medicare and tax policy that have been questioned. what about the differences over medicare, health care? he said that there were no -- that there was no study, no statistics that show increased costs in ryan one in the first medicare proposal which the congressional budget office says is not the case. ryan two is another issue. they were debating ryan one. do you think this is going to be a problem with seniors and the vote in florida and other key states? >> i don't think so. i think the romney ticket is winning on that issue and it's just uncontested that the administration takes money out of medicare, $700 billion to pay for obama care. you
congressman ryan did a great job in explaining governor romney's position on those. i also think that -- >> go ahead. >> avoided mistakes and the vice president didn't. his statements on benghazi as you've been covering andrea, are going to be an ongoing problem for the administration. they really just enhanced the contradictions in the administration's policy. >> there were other issues for paul ryan, though, when it came to medicare and tax policy that have been questioned....
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ryan had been raised on. now. mr. romney has picked mr. ryan as his running mate. what do you say about the romney-ryan budget which is not going to be that the similar, i suspect. >> i say this to people who are interested. speech in paul ryan's georgetown. he went there and allied his understanding of catholic social doctrine and explained how he thought the level of compassion he was greeting was appropriate. the challenge you have is this. he increases support for people in the lower 40% of income level and he cannot support people in the top 40%. he is trying to find a way on social security reform and medicare reform, of increasing the support for people who have -- are at the lowest part of the income. you do not want to leave them so low they cannot have a decent life. people will find it is a serious effort to apply catholic social doctrine was also respecting the reality. this is something that cardinal dolan and others have commented on. you do have this reality that we do not have all the money would like to have and we're faced with a fiscal crisis for
ryan had been raised on. now. mr. romney has picked mr. ryan as his running mate. what do you say about the romney-ryan budget which is not going to be that the similar, i suspect. >> i say this to people who are interested. speech in paul ryan's georgetown. he went there and allied his understanding of catholic social doctrine and explained how he thought the level of compassion he was greeting was appropriate. the challenge you have is this. he increases support for people in the lower...
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notably not here is anything that says romney/ryan. we haven't seen ryan to the best of my knowledge and i've been looking around and asking, it's not on anything at this point. if there is going to be some big unveiling, if it's not the candidate themself, at least as far as we've seen, nothing with paul ryan's name. >> a few things there look super sized. peter alexander. thanks very much. joining me from there is andrea mitchell, host of "andrea mitchell reports." with a good morning to you, andrea. what do you think? >> good morning. >> paul ryan will be next to mitt romney? >> reporter: i would be absolutely shocked if he were not. peter and i have been talking about this and just talked to someone who works with the local congress member who is here. and they said that they have been told that paul ryan will be here. but of course there's no sign of him. we just have to assume that there was a great cover attempt and it was probably successful. i have to assume they got out the back and they've actually already left to head this
notably not here is anything that says romney/ryan. we haven't seen ryan to the best of my knowledge and i've been looking around and asking, it's not on anything at this point. if there is going to be some big unveiling, if it's not the candidate themself, at least as far as we've seen, nothing with paul ryan's name. >> a few things there look super sized. peter alexander. thanks very much. joining me from there is andrea mitchell, host of "andrea mitchell reports." with a good...